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Govt doc held for wearing 'straight spine' badge joins fast-unto-death of medics

October 17, 2024

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The Morning Standard

A day after Tapobrata Roy, a doctor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, was arrested and later released for wearing a badge for the RG Kar rape-murder victim and attending duty on the state government-sponsored puja carnival, he joined the junior doctors' hunger protest at Dharmatala along with other senior doctors of the corporation on Wednesday.

- SULAGNA SENGUPTA

Roy said that the police had no right to arrest him for wearing a badge during duty hours. "There is no reason for me to get arrested. I simply wore a badge and a T-shirt with 'the spine should be straight' written on it," Roy said. "The people cannot talk about their views in West Bengal. It's a dictatorial regime. This should stop. I joined the protests in support of the junior doctors who are continuing their h

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